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ArchivesArchivesA selection of digitized content of Stellenbosch University Archives and other archival collections within various departments at Stellenbosch University.
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HistoryAfrican and Southern African histo...Various digital collections contributing to a picture of the history of Africa and South Africa in particular.
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ImagesImage collectionsMaps, photographs, pictures, drawings, art works and other visual aids of significant importance to the cultural heritage of Southern Africa.
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LiteratureSouth African literatureAfrikaans literature from the J.S. Gericke library special collections.
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MusicMusic collectionsDigitised collections mostly of South African importance, kept at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS) in the Music library.
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ResearchResearch ArticlesElectronic journals, electronic theses and dissertations, conference proceedings and research articles produced and published by Stellenbosch University.
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About Digital Collections

Digital collections showcase digital content from the Library and Information Service’s unique digital collections and repositories. It offers a single connection point to various collections of primary resources as well as digital research output.
In support of digital scholarship, sharing our valuable resources and promoting intellectual collaboration the Library and Information Service offers free online access to these digital collections.
This initiative forms part of the Library’s commitment to enriching its digital resources and supporting, developing and contributing to high-level scholarly publication output.

Featured Collection

These historical maps, primarily of Africa, form part of the Hugh Solomon Collection which was donated to the Library and Information Service in the 1960’s. Hugh Ross Solomon (1876-1956) was a Johannesburg lawyer who inherited the Africana collection of his father, Sir Edward Philip Solomon, and in his own lifetime added much to the collection. The maps in the collection were ...

Coloured map.
First appeared in Theatrum orbis terrarum, Additamentum V (Parergon)of 1595.
2 insets, 1 giving details of the coast between Alexandria and Heraclium; the other inset oval in shape and coloured yellow, gives the authorities for the map.
Latin text on verso: Aegyptus.

These historical maps, primarily of Africa, form part of the Hugh Solomon Collection which was donated to the Library and Information Service in the 1960’s. Hugh Ross Solomon (1876-1956) was a Johannesburg lawyer who inherited the Africana collection of his father, Sir Edward Philip Solomon, and in his own lifetime added much to the collection. The maps in the collection were ...

Coloured map.
Scale not given.
First appeared in theatrum orbis terrarum, Addimentum IV (parergon) of 1591.
At the bottom of the map in 2 decorated insets are a plan of Carthage and a list of sources.
Latin text on verso: Africa propria.
Appears in E. Klemp: Africa on maps dating from the 12th to the 18th century, 1968 (no.24).

These historical maps, primarily of Africa, form part of the Hugh Solomon Collection which was donated to the Library and Information Service in the 1960’s. Hugh Ross Solomon (1876-1956) was a Johannesburg lawyer who inherited the Africana collection of his father, Sir Edward Philip Solomon, and in his own lifetime added much to the collection. The maps in the collection were ...

Map.
Probably taken from the 1722 ed. of "A new sett of maps" by E. Wells as the figure 37 inscribed twice on top border corresponds to the no. given in this ed.